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Title	Fragment
Author	Unknown
Publication Place	Caucasus (made) -
Subject	Textiles Floor Coverings Interiors Tapestry
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Maximum length: 15cm, Minimum length: 14cm, Width: 15cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	T.50-1975
Record ID	T.50-1975
Library Location	Middle East Section
Notes	Fragment of hand knotted carpet of wool, Caucasus, 19th century.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Hand knotted wool Wool
Fiziksel açıklama	Left-hand border of a hand knotted carpet of wool. WARP: white wool; Z2S; 18 threads per inch (74 per dm). WEFT: brown wool; Z spun, unplied; 2 parallel threads per shoot; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 15 knots per inch (56 per dm). PILE: wool; 7 colours: red, yellow, dark green, dark blue, light brown, black, white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; 135 knots per sq. inch (2072 per sq. dm). SIDE FINISH: Left: one cord oversewn with black wool. Right: cut END FINISH: cut DESIGN: Main border: white ground; green, horizontal bars of pseudo-kufic separate an inwardly hooked, four-lobed motif, all outlined in red. Outer guard stripe: black ground with columbn of multi-coloured "figures of eight".
Üretim	(Retirement) Gift from Mr. Benardout of the Anglo-Persian Carpet Co., South Kensington Mentioned and illustrated in "Caucasian Rugs in the V & A", by M. Franses and R. Pinner (intro. by Donald King). Hali 1980, Vol. 3, No. 2, p. 96 "fragment of a border, Kufic, Caucasian, 19th c." "I write to thank you most cordially for your kindness in allowing the Museum to select from your stock such carpet fragments as will be useful for teaching purposes and for showing designs so far unrepresented in our collection".

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Fragment

Author Unknown

Publication Place Caucasus (made) -

Subject Textiles Floor Coverings Interiors Tapestry

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Maximum length: 15cm, Minimum length: 14cm, Width: 15cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID T.50-1975

Record ID T.50-1975

Library Location Middle East Section

Notes Fragment of hand knotted carpet of wool, Caucasus, 19th century.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Hand knotted wool Wool

Fiziksel açıklama Left-hand border of a hand knotted carpet of wool. WARP: white wool; Z2S; 18 threads per inch (74 per dm). WEFT: brown wool; Z spun, unplied; 2 parallel threads per shoot; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 15 knots per inch (56 per dm). PILE: wool; 7 colours: red, yellow, dark green, dark blue, light brown, black, white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; 135 knots per sq. inch (2072 per sq. dm). SIDE FINISH: Left: one cord oversewn with black wool. Right: cut END FINISH: cut DESIGN: Main border: white ground; green, horizontal bars of pseudo-kufic separate an inwardly hooked, four-lobed motif, all outlined in red. Outer guard stripe: black ground with columbn of multi-coloured "figures of eight".

Üretim (Retirement) Gift from Mr. Benardout of the Anglo-Persian Carpet Co., South Kensington Mentioned and illustrated in "Caucasian Rugs in the V & A", by M. Franses and R. Pinner (intro. by Donald King). Hali 1980, Vol. 3, No. 2, p. 96 "fragment of a border, Kufic, Caucasian, 19th c." "I write to thank you most cordially for your kindness in allowing the Museum to select from your stock such carpet fragments as will be useful for teaching purposes and for showing designs so far unrepresented in our collection".